More On Shapiro And Red-State TV

OTOH, I think Andrew Sullivan understands what's at the bottom of Will & Grace's red-state popularity:

The gay characters on "Will and Grace" are either mainstream and sex-less, like Will, or the gay version of "Step'n'fetchit", from an actor who refuses to say publicly that he's gay. That's exactly how many Republicans like their homosexuals. Just don't ask to be treated like an equal human being.

If the problem that Shapiro's "most Americans" have with the gay content in Alexander is that gay men aren't soldiers therefore they aren't generals therefore they aren't world-conquerors therefore it's all just more propaganda from the gay lobby, then there isn't much to say to them. Alexander definitely had sexual and romantic relationships with men. There's an objective fact of the matter about this. I don't think that constituency---and it does exist---is even close to big enough to preclude a movie with gay content from making money. If 25%, let alone 49% of the movie-going public, is open to seeing such a film, then it can do just fine---provided it's a good movie, whereas Alexander clearly wasn't.